(Bloomberg) -- Welcome to Tuesday, Asia. Here’s the latest news and analysis from Bloomberg Economics to help get your day started:

  • A potential delay in China’s National People’s Congress is unlikely to affect the pace of policy support for the economy, writes Chang Shu
  • German exporters are likely to suffer from the coronavirus outbreak in China that’s threatening to disrupt global supply chains, according to the Bundesbank
  • From negative rates to negative electricity prices -- plummeting energy costs pose a new challenge for Sweden’s central bank, writes Johanna Jeansson
  • China’s elite politics are a black box and the country’s leaders like to keep it that way. That’s what makes the events of this weekend so perplexing even to seasoned China watchers
  • The China’s efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus means the economy will grow slower this quarter than first thought, with the median forecast now for the slowest growth in 30 years
  • Global trade in goods will likely stay weak in coming months as virus disruptions staunch the movement of global commerce already slowed by tariffs and uncertainty, according to the WTO
  • Just days into his new role as U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak is considering tearing up the spending framework that underpinned Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s victory in last December’s election
  • Lebanon is at risk of “implosion” unless it develops a new governance model that’s less corrupt and more transparent, according to the World Bank
  • Mexico “clearly” has room to keep cutting interest rates after hitting its inflation target last year, Finance Minister Arturo Herrera said
  • Bulgaria signaled it may delay its bid to adopt the euro amid fears the preparatory steps could jeopardize a long-standing fixed exchange rate to the common currency
  • Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos announced he’s created the Bezos Earth Fund, his biggest-ever philanthropic investment to help counter the effects of climate change

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